| Directed by | Gautham Vasudev Menon |
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| Produced by | V. Ravichandran |
| Written by | Gautham Vasudev Menon |
| Starring | Suriya Simran Sameera Reddy Divya Spandana |
| Music by | Harris Jayaraj |
| Cinematography | R. Rathnavelu |
| Edited by | Anthony Gonsalvez |
Production
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| Distributed by | Cloud Nine Movies(worldwide) Bharat Creations (US) |
Release dates
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Running time
| 169 minutes |
| Country | India |
| Language | Tamil |
Vaaranam Aayiram (English: A thousand elephants) is a 2008 Indian Tamil-language drama film written and directed by Gautham Menon. Suriya plays dual lead roles, with Simran, Sameera Reddy and Divya Spandana. The film had been under production since late 2006, and was released worldwide on 14 November 2008. It was dubbed and released in Telugu as Surya s/o Krishnan.
The film illustrates the theme of how a father often came across his son's life as a hero and inspiration, whose death was deeply mourned in the end. As a tribute to the father of the director, the film opened in several countries with critical acclaim. The film was produced by Venu Ravichandran and has musical score by Harris Jayaraj, making Vaaranam Aayiram his final project with Gautham Menon before the formal break-up of their partnership, which was eventually resumed 7 years later, in Yennai Arindhaal (2015). It won many awards including the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Tamil. The film was also a commercial success, eventually becoming the biggest hit in Suriya's career then
Soundtrack
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| Soundtrack album by Harris Jayaraj | ||||
| Released | 24 September 2008 | |||
| Recorded | Chennai | |||
| Genre | Feature film soundtrack | |||
| Label | Sony BMG | |||
| Producer | Harris Jayaraj | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Behindwoods | *  [23] |
| Rediff | * [24] |
The film has seven songs composed by Harris Jayaraj. All Lyrics are penned by Thamarai, except Yethi Yethi song (Na. Muthukumar). The songs from the albums were released to four leading radio stations in Chennai, with one song per station, in attempt to popularise it five days before the official launch. The move by Sony BMG was the first of its kind in Indian cinema.[25]
Tamil (Original)
| Song title | Singers | Length (m:ss) | Description |
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| "Adiye Kolluthe" | Benny Dayal, Krish and Shruti Haasan | 5:17 | Filmed at the University of California and locations across the state with Surya and Sameera. Depicts Meghna falling in love with Surya. |
| "Nenjukkul Peidhidum" | Hariharan, Krish, Devan and Prasanna | 6:11 | Filmed in various locations on Surya and Sameera. Depicts the moment after Surya tells Meghna about his love. |
| "Yethi Yethi Yeththi" | Kunal Ganjawala, Benny Dayal, Naresh Iyer and Solar Sai | 4:55 | Filmed in locations across South India with Surya and background dancers. Depicts Surya's school days. |
| "Mundhinam Parthene" | Naresh Iyer, Prashanthini and Suriya | 5:43 | Filmed with Surya and Simran. Depicts when Krishnan loved Malini during their college days. |
| "Oh Shanthi Shanthi" | Clinton Cerejo and S. P. B. Charan | 3:05 | Depicts Surya searching for Meghna on the university campus. |
| "Ava Enna" | Karthik and Prasanna | 5:20 | A dappan koothu folk-style song with Surya. Depicts Surya becoming hysterical from memories of Meghna. |
| "Annal Mele Panithuli" | Sudha Raghunathan | 5:22 | Filmed on Surya and Divya. Depicts the moment when Surya finally falls in love with Priya. |
| "Ragasiyam" | 3:22 |
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